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A tiny town near the Canadian border should have been the last place for a Confederate attack—or a diplomatic disaster. On October 10, 1864, three young men checked into a hotel in St. Albans, Vermont. They were sportsmen, they said, lately arrived from Canada for a holiday. Over the next 10 days, several others trickled …
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